Manila Gambit

Manila Gambit
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781498238625
ISBN-13 : 1498238629
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Book Synopsis Manila Gambit by : John Zeugner

Download or read book Manila Gambit written by John Zeugner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Snell, novice reporter, gets assigned a weekly column on chess, mostly because of his faux-filial attachment to the Hane Tribune's owner Waldo Turner. In return Snell promises to attend to, and probably marry, Waldo's fragile, unhinged niece Pamela Snow. The unlikely couple soon enough latch onto American chess prodigy, Mikey Spendip and his mother Vera, as they ascend the ladder of tournament chess. During the summer of 1980 at the Interzonal Finals in Manila, Philippines Spendip is persuaded to aid an uprising against dictator Ferdinand Marcos by deliberately losing a crucial match. But that gesture slips into a gory, comic fiasco. The novel is an ironic commentary on the nature of chess, chance, and love, in revolutionary circumstances.


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